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Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest CABG surgery death rate

13 Kentucky hospitals ranked by CABG surgery death rate in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Leading: King's Daughters' Medical Center, Norton Hospitals, Inc, UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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13 hospitals ranked in Kentucky by cabg surgery death rate; 90 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalCABG surgery death ratelower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterMedicare spending per patientlower is betterTotal bedsCompare
National average2.4%3.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min1.00
T1King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland, KY · Acute care1.7%, 89th percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile13.4%, 9th percentile11.5%, 39th percentile15.2%, 34th percentile1.13, 16th percentile232 min, 8th percentile1.00, 44th percentile455Compare King's Daughters' Medical Center
T1Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville, KY · Acute care1.7%, 89th percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile10.6%, 87th percentile11.8%, 34th percentile16.3%, 4th percentile1.08, 22nd percentile192 min, 23rd percentile1.00, 44th percentile1,730Compare Norton Hospitals, Inc
T1UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care1.7%, 89th percentile2, 17th percentile2, 10th percentile12.2%, 35th percentile13.4%, 12th percentile15.6%, 16th percentile1.26, 8th percentile138 min, 58th percentile1.01, 38th percentile1,261Compare UofL Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
4Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah, KY · Acute care1.8%, 85th percentile3, 43rd percentile3, 39th percentile10.6%, 87th percentile12.0%, 30th percentile15.5%, 19th percentile0.77, 95th percentile173 min, 34th percentile1.03, 28th percentile359Compare Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
T5St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood, KY · Acute care2.0%, 69th percentile5, 94th percentile4, 76th percentile10.6%, 87th percentile8.4%, 92nd percentile15.2%, 34th percentile1.07, 23rd percentile132 min, 63rd percentile1.04, 23rd percentile621Compare St Elizabeth Edgewood
T5Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville, KY · Acute care2.0%, 69th percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.4%, 65th percentile11.9%, 32nd percentile14.4%, 83rd percentile0.92, 67th percentile191 min, 24th percentile1.02, 33rd percentile519Compare Baptist Health Louisville
T7Baptist Health PaducahPaducah, KY · Acute care2.6%, 33rd percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.8%, 49th percentile12.7%, 19th percentile14.8%, 61st percentile1.36, 5th percentile184 min, 27th percentile1.02, 33rd percentile349Compare Baptist Health Paducah
T7University Of Kentucky HospitalLexington, KY · Acute care2.6%, 33rd percentile4, 73rd percentile3, 39th percentile11.9%, 46th percentile10.6%, 58th percentile15.2%, 34th percentile1.06, 25th percentile218 min, 12th percentile1.02, 33rd percentile791Compare University Of Kentucky Hospital
T7Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro, KY · Acute care2.6%, 33rd percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile12.8%, 19th percentile13.0%, 15th percentile14.6%, 74th percentile1.10, 19th percentile208 min, 15th percentile0.97, 61st percentile469Compare Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
10Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville, KY · Acute care2.7%, 28th percentile1, 3rd percentile3, 39th percentile15.4%, 0th percentile12.9%, 17th percentile16.0%, 7th percentile1.74, 1st percentile226 min, 10th percentile0.95, 71st percentile340Compare Pikeville Medical Center
11Baptist Health LexingtonLexington, KY · Acute care2.9%, 22nd percentile4, 73rd percentile4, 76th percentile11.7%, 54th percentile10.6%, 58th percentile14.4%, 83rd percentile0.96, 51st percentile183 min, 28th percentile1.09, 10th percentile371Compare Baptist Health Lexington
12The Medical Center (Bowling Green)Bowling Green, KY · Acute care3.3%, 12th percentile2, 17th percentile3, 39th percentile12.0%, 42nd percentile14.3%, 6th percentile15.3%, 28th percentile1.08, 22nd percentile215 min, 13th percentile1.06, 16th percentile382Compare The Medical Center (Bowling Green)
13Saint Joseph HospitalLexington, KY · Acute care4.7%, 2nd percentile3, 43rd percentile2, 10th percentile13.2%, 11th percentile10.2%, 66th percentile15.2%, 34th percentile1.35, 5th percentile128 min, 67th percentile1.00, 44th percentile468Compare Saint Joseph Hospital

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

CABG surgery death rate
30-day death rate for CABG surgery patients.
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).